RALEIGH – A three-judge panel has unanimously ruled in Wake County Superior Court that the Republican-led partisan gerrymanders of state House and Senate maps, specifically in urban areas, violates the North Carolina Constitution and has ordered that new maps be drawn for the 2020 elections …

RALEIGH – More than a dozen Watauga-based road projects were part of the 1,700-plus included in the N.C. Department of Transportation’s 2020-2029 State Transportation Improvement Plan, which was approved Sept. 5 by the N.C. Board of Transportation.

BLOWING ROCK – National fundraising trainer, Amanda Pearce of Funding for Good, is hosting a one-day retreat in Blowing Rock on Nov. 6 from 9:30 a.m. to 4:40 p.m. at the Blowing Rock Art and History Museum.

BLOWING ROCK – Several Blowing Rock residents made presentations asking for the lower basketball court in Memorial Park to be transformed into three full-time pickleball courts during public comment of the Blowing Rock Town Council meeting on Sept. 10.

This past weekend professional football in America opened its first week of its 100th regular season. In honor of the dawning of the season, I was reminded of an incident that occurred several years ago.

It’s hard to penalize a plant that is flourishing in our gardens, but there comes a time when sometimes we dictate that there has to be a parting of the ways. This old companion is no longer a friend. It’s easy to ditch a plant that doesn’t seem to relish the home we provided for it, but wha…

The sixth annual Blowing Rock Music Festival will take place at the well-known tourist attraction known as The Blowing Rock this Saturday, Sept. 14. Hosted by the Harris Brothers band, this year’s event will be a special one as the headliner will be the International Bluegrass Music Associat…